Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether provision for the establishment of the new Independent Monitoring Authority will be made in the EU (Withdrawal and Implementation) Bill.
The Government has announced its intention to bring forward a new bill - the Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill - to implement the final Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union. This Bill will implement the major elements of the Withdrawal Agreement including the citizens' rights part, and it will make provision for the establishment of the independent monitoring authority. We will bring forward more detail on the Bill in due course.